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The latest issue of SureFire's "Combat Tactics" Magazine (Fall 2011, Volume 9, Number Two) should be arriving on the shelves at your local Barnes & Noble book store very shortly if it isn't already there, so go check it out. You're humble correspondent has a few articles in there.
It's a Colt firearms-focused issue, with info on Colt's history, a visit to Colt's manufacturing plant, the Colt SCW (Sub-Compact Weapon) select-fire PDW-type (Personal Defense Weapon-type) tactical AR SBR (Short-Barreled Rifle)/sub-carbine, Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine (SOPMOD), LColt CM901/SP901 7.62mm NATO/5.56mm NATO modular multi-calibler rifle/carbine/SBR, Colt IAR (Infantry Automatic Rifle), Colt 1911 pistols, etc. However, the issue also includes articles on the FN Mk48 MOD 1 7.62x51mm NATO (7.62mm NATO) MMG/GPMG (Medium Machine Gun/General Purpose Machine Gun), Blackheart International BHI-15(S) tactical AR (AR-15) carbine with Geissele SSA Trigger and Magpul CTR Stock, Steyr SSG 08 sniper rifle, the Bushmaster ACR (Adaptive Combat Rifle), Reaper Camo (Camouflage), and more. While I may be a bit biased (since I'm one of the writers), it's still a great issue, so go grab one, and enjoy.
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Ex-Gay Therapy Debate: The Truth Matters
The fact that some people change their sexual orientation from homosexual to heterosexual (some as a result of professional therapy) is a problem for the homosexual movement. It seriously undermines the myth that homosexuality is a characteristic like race, which people are born with and can never change.
Homosexual activists have attacked the ex-gay movement, using legislation to outlaw "sexual orientation change efforts" (or "SOCE") with minors by licensed mental health providers. Such bills have passed in California and New Jersey, but have died or remain pending in several other jurisdictions—including the District of Columbia.
Most "sexual reorientation therapy" today consists of "talk therapy"—a client simply talking with a counselor about his or her feelings, experiences, relationships with parents and peers, etc. Some therapists add other positive techniques that have been validated in a variety of contexts—not just SOCE.
However, to generate opposition to SOCE, its opponents have reached back decades to techniques some therapists once used called "aversion therapy"—attempting to associate homosexual feelings with some sort of negative stimuli. No one has been able to identify a single therapist actually practicing today who uses "aversive" techniques in SOCE—but that hasn't stopped homosexual activists from pretending that they do.
In a hearing before the New Jersey legislature, one witness was a young male-to-female transgender who goes by the name Brielle Goldani. Christopher Doyle, an ex-gay therapist, described Goldani's testimony, and his efforts to verify it:
"Twice a week I was hooked up to electrodes on my hands," she said. "I, a child, was shocked repeatedly by people who had my parent's permission to torture me."
. . . Goldani claims that an Assemblies of God Church in Columbus, Ohio, ran the True Directions conversion therapy camp:
"We were forced to masturbate to heterosexual images and soft-core pornography . . . . Twice a week, my hands were hooked up to electrodes for two hours at a time while we were shown positive images such as a nuclear family . . . . I was also subjected to forced IV injections twice a week for two hours each while being made to watch negative images . . . . The injections made me vomit uncontrollably."
However, the Assemblies of God in Ohio denied that any such camp or program existed. The state government of Ohio could find no record of a camp named "True Directions." Goldani's former pastor scoffed at the claim that the church had paid for Goldani to go to the camp.
Doyle found one reference to a "gay conversion camp" called "True Directions," though—in a fictional 1999 movie called But I'm a Cheerleader, which starred drag queen RuPaul. A logical conclusion is that Goldani took the plot of this far-fetched film, and tried to pass it off as his/her own life story.
Another eerily similar—and equally dubious—horror story is still in use. One witness at a recent hearing on DC's proposed therapy ban, "gay identified" psychologist Dr. Gregory Jones, included this quote from a recent article on the SOCE bans that appeared on Time's website:
Sam Brinton says that his father first tried physical abuse to rid his young son of homosexual feelings. When that didn't work, Brinton's parents turned to something called reparative therapy. Some of the memories are hazy more than 10 years later, but Brinton does remember . . . there was aversion therapy, during which pictures of men touching men would be accompanied by the application of heat or ice. "It was pretty much mental torture," Brinton says.
Earlier, two pieces about SOCE appeared in Politico. One included this:
One former patient described his course of electroconvulsive therapy, in use today, as "The Month of Hell." The treatment, he told the Huffington Post, "consisted of tiny needles being stuck into my fingers and then pictures of explicit acts between men would be shown and I'd be electrocuted."
This also refers to Brinton, who was quoted three years ago in The Huffington Post:
I would be strapped down with blocks of ice or heating pads placed on my hands while pictures of men holding hands were shown. The conversion ended when I told my parents I was straight to stop the electrocution by needles in my fingers while gay sex acts where shown to me.
Some pro-"gay" media tried to verify this report—and couldn't. Even Wayne Besen, the most rabid "anti-ex-gay" activist, declared, "[U]ntil he [Brinton] provides more information to verify his experience, he makes it impossible for us to use him as an example. Indeed, it would be grossly irresponsible for us to do so."
Yet what Besen called "grossly irresponsible" (using Brinton's implausible story as an example), some opponents of therapy freedom (and their allies in the media) are perfectly willing to do.
It's easy to make false statements, baseless and unverifiable, to denigrate your opponent and sway hearts and minds. An understanding of what really happens in therapy is needed for individuals to understand their options and for legislators to vote wisely.

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Why We Can't Have Nice Things
When it comes to better gun control legislation, the Second Amendment is really a minor factor. The Second Amendment can be plausibly interpreted to permit a wide range of control legislation, and in a political world where gun control had strong support this view would be represented by the Supreme Court (where it already had 4 votes last time, after all.) To the extent that the Constitution presented a major barrier to change, Articles I and II are much more important than the Second Amendment.


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Marshall Fitz and Jeanne Butterfield outline the legal background and central arguments before the Court in this case.
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April 23, 2010: S.B. 1070 signed into law with the stated purpose of making "attrition through enforcement the public policy of all state and local government agencies in Arizona."
July 6, 2010: U.S. Department of Justice files suit to block the implementation of S.B. 1070.
July 28, 2010: U.S. District Court grants a preliminary injunction finding that federal law likely pre-empts four specific provisions of the Arizona law–sections 2B, 3, 5(C), and 6.
April 11, 2011: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the preliminary injunction.
August 10, 2011: State of Arizona files a petition for review with the U.S. Supreme Court.
December 12, 2011: U.S. Supreme Court grants certiorari, agreeing to hear the case.
April 25, 2012: Oral arguments begin before eight of the justice of the Supreme Court.
This month the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a landmark case, State of Arizona v. United States, which challenges the authority of a state to enact its own immigration enforcement laws instead of following federal regulations. A decision is expected in the case before the Court adjourns at the end of June.
The Supreme Court's decision will go far in delineating the extent to which, if at all, an individual state can engage in immigration enforcement and what rules a state can make related to the immigration status of individuals living in that state. Historically, state efforts to enforce immigration laws and make immigration policy have been constitutionally barred or pre-empted because immigration policy is exclusively a federal responsibility. The Arizona law, S.B. 1070, and similar measures in Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Utah, are, in effect, challenging that principle of federal supremacy in the field of immigration.
Four key provisions in S.B. 1070 will be subjected to the Court's scrutiny:
Specifically, the Court will consider whether these four provisions unconstitutionally usurp the federal government's authority to regulate immigration law and enforcement. It bears noting that the Court's ruling will not resolve all concerns and legal challenges posed by the Arizona law or by other state laws currently being litigated. Other state laws also create restrictions on education, housing, and private contracting, none of which will be conclusively decided by the court's ruling in this case. Challenges to the law based on arguments that the law, as applied, invites profiling on the basis of race and violates the First Amendment, remain pending. And lower courts reviewing the legality of similar state laws in Utah, Alabama, and South Carolina have recently indicated that they will reserve their decisions in those cases until after the Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the Arizona case.
Although the legal doctrine in question may seem technical and esoteric, the implications of the Court's decision are significant and will have profound implications for the citizens and immigrants living in the state of Arizona, as well as for the country as a whole. We tackle those issues in a separate brief.
In this primer we outline the legal background and central arguments before the Court.
Notwithstanding the clear Supreme Court precedent holding that the federal government has exclusive authority to regulate immigration policy and enforcement, the state of Arizona contends that federal law does not pre-empt S.B. 1070. Arizona maintains that federal law does not pre-empt its law because S.B. 1070 merely complements federal law and enables state authorities to assist with enforcement of federal law.
The federal government rejects that contention and argues that S.B. 1070 is pre-empted on three general bases. First, the U.S. government argues that immigration enforcement is an activity that has traditionally been occupied by the federal government because it relates directly to matters of national sovereignty, control of the nation's borders, relationships with foreign governments, and national security. Allowing states to enact their own immigration enforcement laws would have severe negative foreign policy implications, and additional negative consequences would flow from a patchwork of 50 state immigration laws. Accordingly, Congress has enacted a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement scheme for controlling immigration.
Second, several provisions in Arizona's immigration law intrude on this exclusive federal authority. In other words, some of the provisions in S.B. 1070 cannot be characterized as merely complementing federal immigration policy. Rather, the U.S. government argues that they impermissibly conflict or compete with federal authority.
Third, Congress has delegated to the Department of Homeland Security the power to set immigration enforcement priorities and to enforce the nation's immigration laws. If S.B. 1070 were implemented, the U.S. government argues that the federal agencies charged with enforcing the law would be diverted from executing their mission and exercising discretion in a manner consistent with those established priorities.
Let's turn now to the central legal arguments in this case in more detail.
The Supreme Court has long confirmed this basic premise—the nation must speak with one voice, not many individual state voices, in immigration matters because of the foreign policy interests at stake. A unified and coherent national set of immigration laws is required in order to provide adherence to national economic and security priorities, to ensure that decisions about the treatment of foreign nationals does not have adverse foreign policy consequences, and to prevent an ad-hoc patchwork of 50 different state laws from developing. Congress has fulfilled that federal responsibility by creating a comprehensive regulatory and enforcement scheme designed to control immigration.
Yet when it comes to immigration enforcement, states such as Arizona have argued that they can take whatever action they desire to enforce federal immigration laws. Even in the area of immigration enforcement, however, federal law pre-empts state action. As far back as 1875, the Supreme Court held that the national government, not the states, controls both "the character of [immigration] regulations" and "the manner of their execution." The Court concluded that "a single State" that inserts itself into immigration enforcement contrary to federal policies and objectives "can, at her pleasure, embroil us in disastrous quarrels with other nations."
The Court went on to elaborate in a 1941 case, Hines v. Davidowitz, concerning a state's attempt to impose its own alien registration requirements, that "international controversies of the gravest moment, sometimes even leading to war, may arise from real or imagined wrongs to another's subjects inflicted, or permitted, by a government." Unsurprisingly, the Court specifically ruled in Hines that Pennsylvania's statute requiring aliens to register with the state and carry a state-issued identification card unconstitutionally interfered with federal policy even though it was characterized as complementing the federal requirements.
The language of that opinion is particularly instructive for the current case:
[T]he supremacy of the national power in the general field of foreign affairs, including power over immigration, naturalization and deportation, is made clear by the Constitution. … When the national government by treaty or statute has established rules and regulations touching the rights, privileges, obligations or burdens of aliens as such, the treaty or statute is the supreme law of the land. No state can add to or take from the force and effect of such treaty or statute. … The federal government, representing as it does the collective interests of the forty-eight states, is entrusted with full and exclusive responsibility for the conduct of affairs with foreign sovereignties. 'For local interests the several States of the Union exist, but for national purposes, embracing our relations with foreign nations, we are but one people, one nation, one power.'
The treatment of foreign nationals who are lawfully visiting the United States, studying abroad, or doing business, has deep implications for how U.S. nationals are treated abroad. The same is true for those who are undocumented, as U.S. nationals who may overstay a visa or otherwise fall out of status or even inadvertently stray into another nation's territory have learned from hard experience.
As former Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg declared, the Arizona law creates a risk of "reciprocal and retaliatory treatment of U.S. citizens abroad," thereby implicating "the ability of U.S. citizens to travel, conduct business, and live abroad." By antagonizing foreign governments, the Arizona law decreases the likelihood of international cooperation on "a broad range of important foreign policy issues," including trade agreements and cooperation in efforts to combat terrorism and drug trafficking.
It is a matter of common sense that a nation has an interest and a duty to control its own borders to determine who enters the country and in what numbers, to determine what conditions and rules a foreign national must observe while in the country, and to set penalties for the violation of these rules.
Most Americans understand that individual states cannot pass their own immigration laws opening their borders to anyone they choose. Nor can a state pass a law to bar those whom the federal government says may enter the United States lawfully to visit, study, or perform certain work.
As the U.S. government argues in its brief to the Supreme Court, "For each State, and each locality, to set its own immigration policy … would wholly subvert Congress's goal: a single national approach."
The state of Arizona argues that its immigration law merely provides for its own law enforcement officials to cooperate with federal officials in the enforcement of immigration law. It is clear, however, that the four provisions of S.B. 1070 that are under consideration by the Supreme Court conflict with or exceed, rather than complement, federal law.
Arizona law: S.B. 1070 Section 2(B) provides that every Arizona law enforcement officer must ask for identification papers from every person they stop, arrest, or detain, where the officer has "reasonable suspicion" that the person is "an alien" and is unlawfully present in the United States. Further, the law clearly suggest that any person who is arrested must be detained until their immigration status can be verified with the federal government.
Federal law: No federal law requires U.S. citizens to be in possession of a national identification card, a passport, or even a driver's license at all times. And federal law does not mandate every federal law enforcement officer to demand that every individual they encounter "show me your papers." Although federal law does require noncitizens to carry registration documents, state authorities cannot distinguish between who must carry such documents. The Arizona law goes beyond federal law by effectively requiring everyone, including citizens, to carry documents proving immigration status.
Arizona law: S.B. 1070 Section 3 creates a new state class 1 misdemeanor crime, and provides a state fine and a jail term for any individual who fails to carry immigration registration documents. This provision has the effect of criminalizing the mere presence of an undocumented person in the state.
Federal law: Federal law provides its own penalties for failure to carry registration documents, which include classification as a federal misdemeanor, fines, and imprisonment. The federal government does not, however, have a mandatory "show me your papers" scheme that requires individuals to present their registration documents at every traffic stop or face criminal prosecution. Those who are unlawfully present are deportable under federal law and are subject to other civil penalties and bars. Federal law, however, does not create a crime of unlawful presence.
Arizona law: S.B. 1070 Section 5(C) makes it a state class 1 misdemeanor crime for any person who is unlawfully present in the United States to seek work or to perform work in the state.
Federal law: Federal law imposes civil and criminal penalties on those who employ undocumented persons but does not impose criminal penalties on the employee for the mere act of working or seeking work. Arizona's law unquestionably goes beyond what Congress intended by assigning liability to the employee rather than only the employer.
Arizona law: Section 6 permits warrantless arrests whenever an Arizona law enforcement officer has probable cause to believe that someone has committed a public offense that makes that person removable under U.S. immigration law. This section of the Arizona law applies not only to undocumented persons but also to lawful permanent residents and others who are lawfully present on valid visas.
Federal law: The Immigration and Nationality Act authorizes state and local law enforcement officers to arrest and detain a person who is unlawfully present in the United States and who has been previously deported after a felony conviction but only after the officers can confirm the person's immigration status with the federal authorities. This provision of federal law does not permit warrantless arrests by state or local law enforcement officers. A warrantless arrest is only permitted where a federal officer actually observes an immigration violation and where there is a likelihood that the immigrant will escape before a warrant can be obtained.
While Congress has provided for state cooperation with federal immigration law enforcement, it has set careful and strict terms for that cooperation in the Immigration and Nationality Act.
The entire mandatory enforcement scheme created by the Arizona law would have a profound impact on the immigration enforcement priorities set by Congress and the Department of Homeland Security. Congress has pegged immigration enforcement priorities to focus resources on removing those who have been convicted of a crime. Even within that overall priority, Congress has directed that DHS give the highest priority to removing those who have been convicted of serious crimes.
In order to carry out this congressional mandate, Homeland Security has set as its highest priority the removal of those individuals who threaten public safety or national security, and those who are members of criminal gangs that smuggle humans, drugs, or weapons. The Department of Homeland Security further gives priority to removing repeat border crossers and immigrants who have been previously deported.
If Homeland Security is required to respond to every call from an Arizona law enforcement officer to verify the immigration status of every person who is stopped, detained, or arrested—even for something as simple as jaywalking or walking a dog without a leash—then precious enforcement resources will be diverted from pursuing those who may truly pose a danger to the community or the nation.
To the extent Arizona wants to support the federal government's efforts, it has ample opportunity to cooperate with federal law enforcement under the terms provided in the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under Section 287(g) of the law, for example, state and local law enforcement agencies can enter into a written agreement with the federal authorities, which, after special training, empowers state and local officers to "perform a function of an immigration officer in relation to the investigation, apprehension or detention of aliens in the United States."
In fact, various Arizona localities and agencies have already executed agreements with federal immigration enforcement pursuant to the provisions of 287(g). Further, the Department of Homeland Security has stated in recent guidance that it welcomes cooperative assistance from state and local law enforcement partners but under very explicit terms and conditions. Arizona's law, however, goes much further, ignoring and undermining federal immigration enforcement priorities.
As the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held in its decision in the Arizona case, "By imposing mandatory obligations on state and local officers, Arizona interferes with the federal government's authority to implement its priorities and strategies in law enforcement. … contrary to the State's view, we simply are not persuaded that Arizona has the authority to unilaterally transform state and local law enforcement officers into a state-controlled DHS force to carry out its declared policy of attrition."
The state of Arizona argues that it has the inherent authority to enforce civil immigration laws without any authorization from the federal government. This assertion is unsupported by law or tradition. And it runs counter to the fact that Congress has created a carefully calibrated relationship between federal and state authorities when it comes to immigration enforcement.
As a general matter, immigration enforcement authority is reserved for specially trained officers of the federal government. But, the federal immigration statute does provide for two specific, narrow instances where state and local law enforcement officers may make arrests for violations of civil provisions of the law—where there is a federally declared immigration emergency, and the U.S. attorney general has authorized the state or local law enforcement authorities to act, or where the state or local law enforcement personnel are acting under the terms of a formal written 287(g) agreement. In both instances, state authority is clearly subsidiary to federal power.
The federal statute at 8 U.S.C. § 1252c provides one additional instance where state and local law enforcement personnel may make a criminal arrest—where a person has committed a criminal offense by illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported for a felony conviction. In light of this structure, concluding that states have inherent authority to act would render these explicit limitations meaningless.
As the Ninth Circuit held in its recent decision in the Arizona case, "We are not aware of any binding authority holding that states possess the inherent authority to enforce the civil provisions of federal immigration law—we now hold that states do not have such inherent authority."
All eyes will be on the U.S. Supreme Court on April 25 as it considers whether to reject or uphold key provisions of Arizona's severe immigration law. The stakes are momentous, but the constitutional arguments seem clear-cut, so we remain optimistic that the Court will strike this measure down and send a clear signal to other states considering similar legislation. The credibility of the Court as the guardian of core constitutional principles that protect every resident of the nation hangs in the balance.
Marshall Fitz is Director of Immigration Policy at the Center for American Progress. Jeanne Butterfield is special counsel with The Raben Group and was formerly Executive Director of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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2012 is alien-free, but there are tidal waves galore, as well as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and blinding dust clouds, all due to a sudden, radical heating of the Earth's core. A planetary realignment and an overstimulated sun are the villains in a scenario that a real-life seventh-century Mayan prophet is said to have predicted. So take note, humans: Life on Earth will end on December 12, 2012. Plan your Christmas shopping accordingly.
"It's kind of galling when you realize the nutbags with the cardboard signs had it right all along," declares Carl Anheuser (Oliver Platt), chief of staff to the president (Danny Glover), as he watches news reports of panicked plebeians running from a shaking ground and thundering sky. Anheuser has been planning for the final day since 2009, when Adrian Helmsley (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a mid-level government scientist, thrusts a red-alert report into his hands at a fancy Washington party. Helmsley's dire warnings lead the world's superpowers to band together and secretly build six giant "arks" designed to save the rich, the powerful, and the mostly white from Armageddon. Launch site: China!
As if made by the gods to suffer for its movie-making sins, Los Angeles is the first city to split apart and slide (literally) into the sea. In a ridiculous but bravura sequence, Jackson Curtis (John Cusack), a failed sci-fi novelist/limo driver, begins his long, convoluted journey to China and those precious arks by dodging crumbling L.A. freeways and falling skyscrapers while his two kids, ex-wife (Amanda Peet), and her new husband (Tom McCarthy) scream in the limousine's backseat. The two-hour-and-40-minute 2012 is overstuffed with special-effects set-pieces, but the Curtis family's mad dash out of town is the closest the movie gets to actually being fun, if only because it's easier to relate to a man navigating bad traffic than one trying to outrun a newly formed volcano.
"How did they do that?" is the question Hollywood always wants moviegoers to ask, but in watching 2012, I couldn't help but wonder if today's audiences, especially the very young, ask that question as often as those of the past. When the ill-fated cruise ship of The Poseidon Adventure (1972)—a film Emmerich and co-writer Harald Kloser reference here more than once—was capsized by a tidal wave, my ten-year-old self may have understood that flesh-and-blood stuntmen, not actors, were hanging off those upside-down cocktail tables, but I still feared for them and, by extension, for the film's characters. Today's CGI effects are undoubtedly more impressive, but also more soul-numbing. Millions of people die in this movie—among them a few we've come to know—but not one of those deaths is affecting or memorable, even in an overly sentimental, B-movie way. Where is Shelley Winters when we need her?
As with Emmerich's other films, what's likely to linger in the public memory is a singular scene of iconic destruction that has been the centerpiece of the 2012 ad campaign: The aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy, after being swept up by a gigantic tidal wave, flips over and comes crashing down—brief pause for irony—onto the White House. Goodbye, Rose Garden. One wonders: Is the disaster king suddenly getting political? Probably not. So for the widest audience possible, we suggest that Columbia Pictures release an alternate take, with the democracy-crushing aircraft carrier this time being the USS Ronald Reagan.


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Plenty of PR pitches for classroom products come our way, but this one for bullet-resistant dry-erase boards really got our attention.
According to the company's website, these personal whiteboards can be used not only to facilitate quick-feedback classroom exercises, but also "as a shield from a gunman's bullets." The boards come in three sizes and two "levels"—denoting the kind of gunfire they can protect against. They cost between $28 and $62 a piece (or, based on a little reporter's math, about $700 to $1,550 per classroom). The website states:
They could be placed under or in student's [sic] desks, fastened to the side of desks, or even positioned in backpacks for quick access and protection. School administrator's [sic] could conduct school wide drills and various training exercises to teach students how to effectively protect their vital body parts from a gunman who enters the school.
The site shows happy students writing math problems and then blocking their bodies with the boards. But I can't help but wonder: How do you explain the "dual purpose" of these dry-erase boards to young students without completely freaking them out?
To be fair, the question of how to protect students without instilling a fear of school has been viable in myriad situations since the tragic Newtown school shootings. I have a nephew who is in kindergarten, and at his public school they conduct active-shooter drills, but tell students they are practicing in case a wild animal enters the school. (My nephew, apparently, thought nothing of this. But it got me choked up.)
What are your thoughts on how to approach safety vs. fear? Are these kinds of products enticing to you? Has your school invested in anything like them?


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Investment Bond launched
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) has recently launched a government-backed Investment Bond. The main details of the Bond are as follows:
- minimum deposit of £100
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- applications can only be made online and up to April 2018
- applicants must be aged 16+ years
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- early withdrawals incur a penalty equal to 90 days' interest on the amount cashed in.
According to Moneyfacts, the NS&I offering is a market leader on the interest rate with similar three-year fixed term bonds having an average interest rate of 1.24%. Competitors' minimum investment thresholds are generally higher, typically starting upwards from £1,000 and caps on the maximum capital invested are significantly higher than the NS&I limit of £3,000.
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On Thursday, January 25, 2007, the European Flavor and Fragrance Association (EFFA) issued a road map to facilitate a smooth implementation of the REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Chemicals) legislation recently adopted by the European Parliament.
The REACH Road Map describes the process by which EFFA intends to achieve the objective of coordinating compliance for the fragrance industry, its suppliers and downstream users within the periods allowed for pre-registration and registration. REACH registration applies to existing substances and extends over a period of eleven years after the implementation date of June 1, 2007.
The Road Map (click here to view, 25 pages in length) covers such topics as communication to the membership and downstream users; the REACH Implementation Projects (RIPS); identification of fragrance substances for registration and organization, consortia, suppliers and grouping of substances.
Also, click here to see the EFFA REACH Phase-In Bulletin (7 pages) which provides further guidance and information on the REACH Task Force, Road Map and Time Table of activities for implementation of the legislation. The Phase-In Bulletins will be published quarterly and we will make them available to you. The next bulletin will provide further guidance on pre-registration.
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AMES, Iowa – Iowa State assistant football coach Curtis Bray, who spent the last five seasons as the defensive line coach for the Cyclones, passed away this morning in Ames. He was 43 years old.
Bray's ability to mold Big 12 quality defensive ends stood out in each of his five seasons at ISU. He joined the Cyclone staff in head coach Paul Rhoads' first season (2009). Rhoads also worked with Bray at Pittsburgh and valued his assistant's ability as a teacher. Bray helped the Cyclones earn three bowl appearances (2009 Insight Bowl, 2011 Pinstripe Bowl, 2012 Liberty Bowl).
"Curtis Bray was a dear friend to me and to all he ever came in contact with," Rhoads said. "He was a trusted and loyal assistant coach who always put the kids and the team in front of his work. He was as genuine in his approach to relationships, coaching and life as anyone I have ever been associated with. We will miss him dearly."
Bray's work with junior defensive end Cory Morrissey in 2013 was outstanding. Morrissey led all Cyclone down lineman in tackles (52) and was second on the team in tackles for loss (6.5) en route to All-Big 12 honorable mention accolades. Morrissey tied for second in the Big 12 and ranked ninth nationally in fumble recoveries in his first season as a starter.
"He definitely was a father figure for me with everything that has happened in my life," Morrissey said. "I lost my father when I was 14. I learned everything about the position and life lessons from him. He coached beyond the field. He coached young men to become men."
Bray had earlier turned Cyclone linebacker Jacob Lattimer into a play-making defensive end. Lattimer finished his career in 2011 with 85 career tackles, 12.5 for loss with seven sacks while earning honorable mention All-Big 12 honors.
Morrissey is the latest Bray protégé for the Cyclones and the senior All-Big 12 performer will always remember his positive influence.
"He was so much fun to be around," Morrissey said. "He could joke around with you and make a tense situation better with his personality. I am really going to remember the way he coached me and the way he coached my position group. I really didn't know the defensive end position very well coming into Iowa State. I credit everything to Coach Bray and his coaching skills."
Bray was an assistant at Temple prior to his arrival in Ames. His relationship with Rhoads was cultivated at the University of Pittsburgh, where Bray coached seven years. Bray was the linebackers coach while Rhoads was defensive coordinator with the Panthers. Under Bray's direction in 2006, future Washington Redskins linebacker H.B. Blades ranked fourth nationally in tackles en route to FWAA First-Team All-American and Big East Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors.
The Panthers competed in five bowl games during Bray's coaching tenure, winning the 2001 Tangerine Bowl and the 2002 Insight Bowl. Pitt also played in the 2005 Fiesta Bowl after winning the 2004 Big East title
A prep star, Bray became the first defensive player to be honored as the Gatorade National High School Football Player of the Year and also was a first-team USA Today All-American in 1987. He played football at Pittsburgh, earning his degree in economics in 1992.
He is survived by his wife, Heather, a daughter, Sydney, and a son, Colden Charles.


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The identification of IL-23 and related proteins as contributors to inflammation should present new avenues for treating all inflammatory diseases.
A new discovery published in the April 2010 issue of Journal of Leukocyte Biology raises hope that new treatments for illnesses like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are on the horizon. That's because they've identified IL-23, a cytokine used by the immune system to ward off disease, as a major contributor to the inflammation that is the hallmark of these illnesses. With this information, it is now possible to develop new treatments that stop or reduce the damaging effects of IL-23, potentially bringing relief to millions of people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and possibly other inflammatory illnesses as well.
"Our studies highlight the pathogenic role of IL-23 in the induction of mucosal injury in the gut," said Zhanju Liu, MD, PhD, a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Gastroenterology at The Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital at Tongji University in Shanghai, China. "Moreover, our work also provides a novel approach in the management of IBD and some autoimmune diseases."
To make this discovery, Liu and colleagues analyzed IL-23 expression in intestinal mucosa using laboratory techniques that amplify and simultaneously quantify a specific DNA molecule, allowing for both detection and quantification of one or more specific sequences in a DNA sample.
IL-23R expression was detected in a variety of cells from peripheral blood and intestinal mucosa of IBD patients, suggesting that IL-23 plays an important role in the induction of proinflammatory cytokine secretion as well as different types of immune cells including recently discovered Th17 helper T cells that are often important in inflammatory diseases.
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"This research is important because it helps us better understand why people develop IBD, and defines one of the key pathways driving the excessive inflammation," said John Wherry, PhD, Deputy Editor of the . "Even more important, however, is that this study moves us a step closer to new treatments for these illnesses by targeting IL-23 and related proteins."
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Jeb Bush, the former Florida governor and a leading contender in the early GOP race for the White House, has fashioned himself as the "education governor."
But on Friday, Bush went veggie.
"I was the kind of the Eat Your Broccoli Governor," Bush joked at the Broward Workshop business breakfast where he pointed out that his policies weren't always perceived as sweet.
Judging from the applause of the 900 or so business leaders in attendance, Bush's speech was received like candy.
But there's one topic he wouldn't touch: Whether he was running for president.
Bush tried to duck reporters on his way out of the Signature Grand event in Davie, and would only tell the media that he planned to make a decision later this year – likely after the 2014 elections.
In a friendly question-and-answer session, AutoNation CEO Mike Jackson wouldn't even ask him the question.
Instead, Jackson referenced Bush's mother, Barbara Bush, who said the country has had enough Bush presidents, namely his brother and father.
"If you were to run for president," Jackson asked, "would you get your mother's vote?"
"So, um, yes," Bush said.
Earlier Jackson made a joke about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's woes in what's known as a the "Bridgegate" scandal
"When you were governor," Jackson asked, "did you ever close any bridges for traffic studies?"
Bush wouldn't answer.
With Christie's fall, Bush is now seen as the candidate of the GOP establishment.
Bush is favored to be the GOP's frontrunner in a new analysis from the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, which plays up the establishment roots of Bush, the son and brother of former presidents.
Some nationwide polls show Bush in front. Others indicate Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is the Republican to beat.
Nearly all show Democrat Hillary Clinton would beat them all, even in Florida, in 2016.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Bush friend and protégé, was once a frontrunner and is now in the middle or bottom of the pack in many early polls.
Dragging Rubio down: his support of bipartisan immigration reform last year. Bush has essentially the same stances as Rubio on the issue.
Bush has advocated for pathways to citizenship and residency for illegal immigrants, enhanced border security and immigrant tracking technology and an emphasis on admitting immigrants based on the nation's needs, not family relationships with current U.S. citizens.
Bush said immigrants capture the entrepreneurial spirit of America.
"People who come here legally and illegally are the risk takers," Bush said. "If you're living in a rural area of Guatemala and you come, you're a bigger risk taker than those who stay."
Aside from immigration, Bush's advocacy for Common Core State Standards has earned him enmity on the right.
Bush has repeatedly explained the standards, implemented and controlled by the states, are designed to make the United States more competitive with the rest of the world. He said those who oppose the standards support the "status quo," oppose testing and are worried too much about children's self-esteem.
"Let me tell you something. In Asia today, they don't care about children's self esteem. They care about math, whether they can read – in English – whether they understand why science is important, whether they have the grit and determination to be successful," Bush said.
"You tell me which society is going to be the winner in this 21st Century: The one that worries about how they feel, or the one that worries about making sure the next generation has the capacity to eat everybody's lunch?"
Bush touted Florida's educational improvement as a model for the nation.
In a comment that could equally apply to his position on education as it could to a candidate for president, Bush said more needs to be done.
"The minute you kind of pull back and say 'We can rest on our laurels' is the first day of your decline," he said.


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There's also LibreOffice Calc, which is free (actually, the whole office suite is) and will fulfill the spreadsheeting needs of *almost* everyone.
There's a program on your computer you've used hundreds of times that can do all kinds of amazing things:
Microsoft Excel is one of those programs we've all used at least a little bit, but most of us haven't even scratched the surface of what it can do.
There's a reason why Excel costs $139 and Microsoft Office costs $279 — this is really powerful software that's capable of some truly amazing things.
But very few of us take full advantage of it.
I got my first exposure to Excel's power a few years ago with an incredible stock-analysis spreadsheet that blew my mind. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I got stuck with a really tedious project and decided to disobey my boss — I found a better way thanks to some developing ninja Excel skills.
It saved me from wasting a bunch of hours of my day, and it made me look like a smart dude. (See also: 5 Efficient Ways to Boost Productivity)
But let's face it — learning Excel isn't fun unless it's going to help you solve an immediate problem. It's like an umbrella — we only care about it when we need it. Once we're done, we throw it in the back of the closet and forget about it. But it pays off to learn some of the basics for the next time you run into a roadblock.
The next time you get stuck with a tedious task of collecting or organizing data, Google what you're trying to do along with "excel," and you'll get an answer. You may find it tricky, because you have to come up with the overall plan and then figure out how Excel can help. But odds are there is a way Excel can make things easier for you.
So if you're trying to take thousands of emails and you want to parse out some of the data, you'd search for "parsing data excel." It won't work 100% of the time, and you may have to learn some Excel lingo, but eventually you'll get it.
There are other places to pick up some Excel basics. Microsoft's Excel blog is a good place to start. And pay attention to any and all Excel sheets you come across to see how they do certain tasks.
Most important of all: If you meet people who are masters at Excel, ask tons of questions, get their email addresses, follow them on Twitter, and follow them on Facebook. These people will be a HUGE help as you learn all the cool, advanced stuff Excel can do. Believe it or not, people are still more useful than Google.
Excel is a powerful piece of software than can help you not only be more efficient at work, but make you look good. If you get really good at it and become the "go to" person for any and all advanced Excel tasks, you've just become one of the most valuable people at your workplace.
Think about it this way — if you're the doorway to getting things done faster and more efficiently, you just turned yourself into a VIP. And VIPs are invaluable to every company.
Anyone else out there have a story of how Excel made your job easier and/or made you look good?
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There's also LibreOffice Calc, which is free (actually, the whole office suite is) and will fulfill the spreadsheeting needs of *almost* everyone.
I do budgeting, retirement planning, loan analysis, and various financial what-if's, all in Excel. Even if it doesn't do everything dedicated financial software would do, you've done it yourself--you understand the calculations and assumptions much better than if you just entered into a program and clicked calculate.
I've automated so many of the reports I have to do for work using excel. I don't always know the exact formulas that I need to use, but I have always found answers when searching on Google.
Excel is an invaluable tool. Im a senior corporate analyst for a Fortune 500 company, that Excel is the tool I used the most, it simplifies complex tasks, and it's basically how I do 90% of my statistical modeling. I also have a personal finance blog, and I speak to budgeting/spending wisely/saving etc. quite a bit. Excel is an old school budgeting tool, and it's something you can use to manipulate and customize your budget spreadsheet to exactly how you want it....yes this is what people used long before Mint or Yodlee...and many still prefer this.
As an Event Coordinator, I use Excel for timelines when doing events, especially weddings.
It can even sort seating charts or conference accommodations and makes great schedules too.
I taught my office to use Excel for RFPs and it is now the standard. The downside of this is that because we can do so much more in such a smaller amount of time the expectations are higher for more productivity.
OK, this one is going to sound weird...I am a web programmer by day, and I do a lot of database manipulation. Most of my colleagues turn their noses up at Excel, but it is the foundation of the data work I do.
I use Excel to generate the database scripts I need to do large amounts of data. My clients provide the spreadsheets with the raw data, and I use formulas to generate my scripts. It saves SO much time, especially when the same format spreadsheet is used. It used to take me about an hour to update speaker cap amounts with every spreadsheet. After we standardized on my tricked out spreadsheet, I am able to generate the complete script in about 5 minutes. And that is regardless of the amount of data.
I also use Excel to translate my project data between Bonsai and Remember the Milk. A few formulas and a macro or two and it's pretty automatic!
While excel is certainly great with numbers I find it great as a label program. I needed a program where you could change the many names on a label quickly(not possible in most label programs) and being able to drag across and down solves this. It can take a while to get setup but it is worth it in the long run for the time that it saves.


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Hmmm…we don't quite know what to make of this one y'all. Radar Online is reporting that claims of drunkenness are being made against Real Housewives Of Atlanta star Porsha Williams.
Sources are telling Radar that Porsha was taking meds for depression as well as for the pain associated with her much publicized big boob surgery. She allegedly drank two bottles of wine in her dressing room while waiting to go on stage for the RHOA reunion show and the pills and liquor didn't mix well together.
Take a look at the now notorious fight again in the videos below! Does Porsha seem frustrated or does she seem drunk/high or both?
The sources claim.
"Porsha was drunk… there were two bottles of wine in her dressing room. She came to fight Kenya and needed some liquid courage!
She is very unstable. She's been taking medications and mixing it with alcohol.
Kenya was a target from the beginning because all the ladies are jealous of her," the source claimed. "NeNe coached Porsha into being violent toward Kenya to save her job because it was widely reported that she was going to be fired.
Bravo knows that she is now nothing but a liability. Her attack on Kenya failed, and she lost her mind. It's all very sad."
So…our question is who is this source? Cause it sounds to us like either it was Kenya's BFF Brandon! Or it makes us wonder if Kenya flat out taken to paying people to give "tips" to reporters in order to gain sympathy?!
The facts are the facts and like our grandmothers all used to tell us, "don't let your mouth write checks your butt can't cash!" When Kenya was wolfing at those girls about being from Detroit etc it seemed like she thought that alone would protect her from catching a beat down. Clearly it did not!
Kenya has done more than a little bit to make herself look sympathetic in this entire situation but she still comes out looking bad. In fact, when she tries to appear sympathetic she just looks worse in our opinion! Let's be honest, she has seemingly been gunning for Porsha since their very first meeting….so putting this sort of stuff out there looks suspicious to us. It appears as though she will be planning some sort of lawsuit against either Porsha or Bravo TV and the Housewives franchise or both! Call it a hunch!
Grab your corn for popping kids…cause we all know this one isn't even close to being over!
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Stop the Drug War – by Phillip Smith
It's judges gone wild! Plus sticky-fingered narcs, lying narcs, crooked deputies, and more! Let's get to it:
In Philadelphia, a Philadelphia police officer was arrested May 23for stealing drugs and money from a suspected drug dealer. Officer Jeffrey Walker was arrested after an FBI sting operation in which agents recorded him bragging about how easy it was to rip off drug dealers. Walker and a federal informant concocted a scheme to plant cocaine in a suspect's car, then rob him. Walker did just that, arresting the suspect, then entering his home and stealing $15,000. He was arrested with the cash in hand. At last report, Walker was still in federal custody.
In Pittsburgh, a former Washington County judge was arrested May 24 on charges he stole cocaine from evidence in cases over which he presided. Paul Pozonsky abruptly resigned from the bench in 2012 and moved to Alaska after police checked evidence envelopes and found the cocaine had gone missing. Court officers said that Pozonsky had begun asking them to bring confiscated drugs into the courtroom, where they would be entered as evidence and kept by either the judge himself of members of his staff.
In Des Moines, an Iowa state narcotics agent was arrested May 26 on charges he forged the signature of a Polk County judge in a bid to shortcut an after-the-fact approval of a drug-related search warrant. Jonathan Borg, 39, allegedly forged the judge's signature as he returned with the warrant after conducting a search in a drug investigation where the charges have now been dropped because of his actions. He is charged with one count of felonious misconduct in office and is looking at up to five years in prison if convicted.
In Belleville, Illinois, a St. Clair county judge was arrested last Friday in relation to the cocaine overdose death of another St. Clair county judge while the pair partied together at a hunting lodge in March. Judge Michael Cook, 43, who presided over the county's drug court, was charged by federal prosecutors with possession of heroin and possession of a firearm while illegally using controlled substances. His colleague, Judge Joe Christ died of a cocaine overdose. A St. Clair County probation officer, James Fogarty, has been charged with selling cocaine to both judges. Judge Cook had handled more than 500 criminal cases since 2010; now, those found guilty can come back and seek new trials.
In Baltimore, a Baltimore police officer was arrested last Friday on multiple charges, including trying to sell heroin. Officer Ashley Roane, 25, went down in a sting operation, accepting cash payments and providing protection for a man she thought was a drug dealer, but who was actually an informant for Baltimore police and the FBI. She agreed to access law enforcement databases listing informants and other sensitive information for the drug dealer, and provided Social Security numbers to him as part of a scheme to obtain false tax refunds, prosecutors said. She's looking at a mandatory minimum 17 years in federal prison if convicted on all counts.
In New York City, an NYPD officer was convicted last Wednesday for faking paperwork to cover up his involvement in the unlawful search and arrest of two men. Isaias Alicea had stopped and arrested two men in Harlem last year and later falsely told his supervisors he saw them in a drug transaction. But surveillance images showed no transaction occurred and the charges against the men were dropped. He was convicted of official misconduct, a felony, and will be fired based on that felony conviction. Sentencing is set for next month.
In San Antonio, five Hidalgo County narcotics officers pleaded guilty last Wednesday to federal charges in a wide-ranging drug conspiracy. The five, all members of now-defunct drug task force called the Panama Unit, including the son of the county sheriff, acknowledged roles in a scheme to steal drug loads from street-level dealers and sell them to a man alleged to be a local trafficker. Jonathan Trevino a 29-year-old former Mission police officer and the son of Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino, pleaded guilty to one count of drug conspiracy. Three other members of the unit, including ex-Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputies Salvador Joel Aguello, Claudio Alberto Mata, and Eric Michael Alacantar, also entered guilty pleas. The fifth man, Gerardo Mendoza Duran, is a former Hidalgo County Sheriff's deputy but was not assigned to the Panama Unit. He admitted last Wednesday that he had aided and abetted the group's plans to escort the drug loads. They're all looking at 10 years to life in federal prison.
In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the former commander of the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force agreed to plead guilty last Friday to stealing at least $125,000 from drug proceeds seized by the unit. Jeff Snyder, 55, embezzled money that the task force seized between June 2010 and June 2012, according to a release from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance's office. Snyder admitted to pocketing seized cash during drug raids and failing to log it into task force ledger books and deposit it in task force bank accounts. In his plea agreement, Snyder and prosecutors agreed to an 18 month federal prison sentence. That agreement has yet to be approved by a judge.


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Pesticides and Children's Health
Dear EarthTalk: Is it true that children are sicker today than they were a generation ago and that pesticides have played a major role?
— Maria Jenkins, Clewiston, FL
It's impossible to say with certainty that our modern reliance on pesticides is directly causing more of our children to get sick more often, but lots of new research points in that direction. An October 2012 report by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) entitled "A Generation in Jeopardy" examines dozens of recent studies and concludes that the influx of pesticides in our society is taking a heavy toll on our kids' health and intelligence.
"Children today are sicker than they were a generation ago," reports the group. "From childhood cancers to autism, birth defects and asthma, a wide range of childhood diseases and disorders are on the rise." PANNA's assessment of the latest science "leaves little room for doubt: pesticides are one key driver of this sobering trend."
Pesticides are all around us today. We are exposed to them via the foods we eat and the air we breathe. As a result, we all carry trace amounts of them in our bloodstreams. Children's bodies, since they are still developing, are particularly susceptible to health problems from pesticide exposure. Kids routinely come in contact with pesticides inside their homes and schools and out in their backyards, schoolyards and parks. Even family pets, many of which wear pesticide-laden flea collars and powders, can be a source of pesticide exposure for children. According to PANNA, even extremely low levels of pesticide exposure can cause significant health problems, particularly during pregnancy and early childhood. New research links pesticide exposure to harm to the structure and functioning of the brain and nervous system.
"Pesticides may harm a developing child by blocking the absorption of important food nutrients necessary for normal healthy growth," reports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). "Another way pesticides may cause harm is if a child's excretory system is not fully developed, the body may not fully remove pesticides." Exposure to pesticides during certain critical developmental periods can permanently alter a growing child's biological systems. The result, warns PANNA, is an increase in birth defects and early puberty and noticeable increases in asthma, obesity, diabetes and some cancers.
What's appalling is that we have known about these dangers for decades yet have done little about it. "Nearly 20 years ago, scientists at the National Research Council called for swift action to protect young and growing bodies from pesticides," says PANNA. "Yet today, U.S. children continue to be exposed to pesticides that are known to be harmful in places they live, learn and play." For its part, the EPA does evaluate children's exposure to pesticide residues in common foods and evaluates new and existing pesticides to assess risks, creating guidelines and regulations accordingly. But many would like to see the EPA take a stronger stand against the widespread use of pesticides across the U.S.
There are several ways individuals can minimize pesticide exposures for themselves and their loved ones. Buy organic food whenever possible. Avoid chemical sprays and bug traps inside and out of the home. And steer clear of farms and other agricultural lands that regularly get sprayed with pesticides.


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"It's so important to have a dream," Beckham told the former street children Friday at a UNICEF-supported shelter in a suburb of Manila, the Philippine capital where he and his teammates from the Los Angeles Galaxy are playing an exhibition against the country's national team this weekend.
On the sidelines of the Galaxy's Manila trip, Beckham, who is also a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, visited the shelter for children who have been rescued from the streets. They shared tales of domestic abuse and crime - some fell victim to drugs or were abandoned by their parents.
Wearing a black UNICEF T-shirt, the 36-year-old former England captain listened intently in a private conversation with a group of five children and told them how he started playing when he was 7 years old and eventually achieving his dream of playing for Manchester United.
UNICEF asked that the names of the children and the shelter not be disclosed to protect their privacy.
Conan, a 17-year-old who was abandoned by his parents when he was 7, told Beckham that he dreams of joining the Philippine team and later becoming a coach.
He played in the Street Children's Football World Cup last year in South Africa, where the Philippines beat South Africa 2-1.
The younger children were awe-struck while listening to one of the world's best known athletes.
One 12-year-old girl named Shaina said she wants to be a nurse to help the sick. She often held Beckham's hand as she and the other children guided him around the facility, unfazed by the tattoos that adorn his arms.
Beckham told the UNICEF staff it was incredible that the children had gone through "so much in such a short space of time in their young lives" and learned responsibility and respect.
He said he was lucky to have had the support of both his parents and it was "so sad to see so many children that don't have that support, don't have that love."
He later listened to JM, a former drug user who turned 18 on Friday, sing a rap song in the Filipino language on how drugs ruin lives. After a staff translated the song for Beckham, he gave him a double thumbs up, saying, "You're good!"
The shelter that houses 136 kids has a small soccer field surrounded by separate cottages for boys and girls, a school, a basketball court and a training facility where children learn to sew clothes and cut hair.
Beckham posed with the children for a picture wearing a blue graduation gown and cap made at the sewing room, where he also tried his hand at making a pillow case.
"What struck me the most about coming into the center was it was a real happy place, a real inspiring place," he told The Associated Press. "They are teaching kids unbelievable values. Every child I spoke to today - they all have dreams, they all have inspirations."
A father of four children, Beckham said it was "heartbreaking to think majority of these children haven't got parents, or haven't got parents to care for them and love them."
Beckham said that because of work, it's been difficult for him "to do some of the things I would like to do - going out into the field like I obviously have today."
"I think it is important to raise awareness to many issues around the world, many worries around the world," he said. "In my position, thankfully, I can create that kind of interest and awareness to things that are happening around the world."
A highlight of his visit was a brief practice followed by a short game in which he joined one half of the shelter's team.
The star sweated under the midday sun as he helped their shoeless goalkeeper. His side lost 1-0.


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amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
Posted by Kent Klindera, October 19, 2010
I'm in Belize visiting with the United Belize Advocacy Movement (UNIBAM), which amfAR's MSM Initiative has been supporting for the past two years. UNIBAM's leader, Caleb Orozco, has brought me to San Ignacio—a town near the Guatemalan border—to meet with a group of "his people." It's Friday, and, just as it is for most young gay men in the world, Friday night is party night. We met up with about 10 guys who gather every week at a friend's house for some good food, music, and dancing. It was an evening of 20-somethings (and some older teens) being themselves—some single/some couples, but all able to let their hair down. Belize, like most of the world, is a very homophobic place, and letting down your hair can only really happen behind closed doors. What a wonderful scene the party was!
I had spent the prior two days meeting with healthcare workers and health officials, and I was having mixed feelings—at times hopeful and at times depressed. I met an amazing woman named Nurse Bradley, who has become an authority on MSM health. Initially she was not receptive to working with gay men, but Caleb was persistent. Now, guys come for miles to see her for HIV testing; for antiretroviral therapy; for the management of STIs; and, most importantly, for someone to talk to.
I also met an amazing 20-year-old UNIBAM volunteer named Michael, who told me that a year ago he used to make Caleb walk 10 feet in front him so that no one would suspect they were friends. Today, Michael has come out himself and is organizing others in Belmopan (the political capital of Belize). And he has taken in five or six young guys who have been kicked out of their homes by their parents for being gay or transgender.
The meetings I had with authorities were distressing, however. The tag line for Belize's Ministry of Health is "Equal Health for All," but the government has no official statistics on how many MSM there are in Belize, and so far there has been no direct investment in HIV programming for MSM. Belize is next door to Mexico, whose authorities have clearly documented that MSM are in need of specific investment to reduce the spread of HIV. In our meetings, officials mentioned that an MSM sero-prevalence study is just getting started (with funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) but results will not be available until late 2012 at best. Caleb and I asked how many more men will die between now and late 2012, when results will almost certainly show that MSM are at higher risk. Although well-meaning, the ministry representative was not showing the kind of leadership needed.
On a positive note, UNIBAM recently started documenting hate crimes to help make a case to authorities about the dangers MSM face, and it also defended a male student who was expelled from a state-run school for wearing a girl's uniform (he was re-instated). Most importantly, UNIBAM has filed a case (with support from amfAR) to decriminalize same-sex behavior, a move that LGBT rights groups throughout the Caribbean are watching. Success in Belize could produce a domino effect throughout the region.
Caleb is amazing. He's been an activist for more than 10 years and he's a little tired, but he does an incredible job of cultivating the spirit of activism, especially among the younger LGBT community in Belize. Personally, I put my faith in the 20-somethings at the party in San Ignacio….and their social support, which will allow them to come out, be proud, and protect themselves. Maybe the political leaders will someday follow?


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Check with your hauler. Some haulers will not accept compostable plastic because they take additional processing to break down in a timely manner. The industry is still new and changing.
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Food scraps are taken from your bin to a food scrap processing facility where they are combined with carbon and processed into a nutrient-dense compost. If we keep contamination low, this food waste will be diverted from the landfill and be used to make compost!
Most of our local compost programs and agencies are small, so they stick to vegetative scrap only. They operate piles on local farms or in community gardens. To keep odors and pests to a minimum, they are unable to take meat or dairy.
There are a few larger facilities that can take a wider range of food scraps including meat and dairy, but they are located a few hours outside Hamilton County.
Spent coffee grounds are great for composting. Check with your hauler before you dump your latte or cappuccino in the compost since they may contain dairy. Some facilities may not be able to process dairy and meat products.
Loose-leaf tea is great for composting! If you're going to compost a tea bag, just make sure to rip off any staples or bags made from inorganic materials.
Recycling paper is the best option, but paper napkins can't be recycled so composting them is a great option. Newspaper and shredded paper break down easily so it's a welcome addition to compost.
Check with your hauler. Eggs may attract unwanted pests and require extra carbon to process.
Crushed eggshells don't run the same risk and are a great additive.
Check with your hauler. Animal-based dairy products contain a lot of nitrogen and require extra carbon to break down. Plant-based products break down quickly and are generally accepted.
Fur biodegrades quickly and contains plenty of nitrogen. It's a welcome addition to the compost.
Check with your hauler. Composting pet waste in a compost system is complicated. Herbivore waste, like from a rabbit is generally safe for your compost. Waste from an animal that consumes meat should be discarded in the trash.


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New Observations of Comet Hale-Bopp from La Silla
Methanol and Hydrogen Cyanide Detected at Record Distance
22 października 1998
Observations of famous Comet Hale-Bopp continue with the 15-m Swedish-ESO Submillimetre Telescope (SEST) at the La Silla Observatory. They show amazingly strong activity of this unusual object, also at the present, very large distance from the Sun. The radio observations document in detail the release of various molecules from the comet's icy nucleus. Of particular interest is the observed emission from methanol (CH 3 OH) and hydrogen cyanide (HCN) molecules, never before detected in any comet this far away.
Comet Hale-Bopp still going strong
Just over 18 months after its perihelion passage on April 1, 1997, Comet Hale-Bopp (official designation C/1995 O1) is continuing its outward journey through the Solar System. It is now about 1,000 million kilometres (6.7 AU) from the Sun and the Earth, i.e. almost at the same distance as when it was first discovered in July 1995.
After having traversed the northern sky in 1996 and 1997, the comet passed the celestial equator in late June 1997 and is now seen in the southern constellation Volans (The Flying Fish), i.e. just east of the Large Magellanic Cloud. It can only be observed from southern latitudes.
The comet's brightness has decreased by a factor of more than 10,000 since it was at its brightest in March 1997, just before perihelion. However, the magnitude is still around 9 - 10, or only about 20-40 times fainter than what can be seen with the unaided eye. Hale-Bopp is therefore visible in binoculars to southern observers as a fuzzy object with a diameter of a few arcminutes.
New observations from La Silla
Several telescopes at La Silla are following the evolution of the activity of Comet Hale-Bopp as it recedes from the Sun. In particular, the comet is observed monthly with SEST, a 15-m diameter submillimetre telescope operated jointly by the Onsala Space Observatory (OSO, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden) and ESO; it is the only telescope of its type in the southern hemisphere.
Alternating each month, a Swedish team (headed by Anders Winnberg, OSO) and a European team (headed by Dominique Bockelée-Morvan, Observatoire de Paris) observe emission lines in the radio region of the spectrum from some of the molecules in the comet's coma (the cloud of gas and dust around the cometary "dirty-snowball" nucleus). These data are of great importance for understanding the mechanisms that are responsible for the outgassing (sublimation) of ices inside the nucleus of Comet Hale-Bopp.
The observations began at SEST in September 1997 and constitute a follow-up programme of a long-term monitoring project at radio wavelengths that was started in August 1995 at the telescopes of the Institut de RadioAstronomie Millimétrique (IRAM), the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT), the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory (CSO) and the Nançay radio telescope by several teams of astronomers in Europe and US [1]. Radio emission from nine molecules in the coma were studied: H 2 O (water; by means of observations of the radical OH), CO (carbon monoxide), CH 3 OH (methanol), H 2 CO (formaldehyde), HCN (hydrogen cyanide), HNC (isomeric hydrogen cyanide), CH 3 CN (methyl cyanide), H 2 S (hydrogen sulphide) and CS (carbon sulphide).
Detection of methanol and hydrogen cyanide at record distance
Observations at SEST were performed in July and August 1998 by Emmanuel Lellouch (Observatoire de Paris) and Marcus Gunnarsson (Uppsala Astronomiska Observatorium, Sweden), respectively. Three molecules were still detected : carbon monoxide (CO) at 230 GHz, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) at 89 GHz and methanol (CH 3 OH) at 145 GHz. On August 11, when Hale-Bopp was just over 900 million km (6 AU) from the Sun, no less than 2.4 · 10 28 CO molecules were released by the comet per second, corresponding to 1100 kg per second.
The measured production rates of HCN and CH 3 OH were about 200 and 20 times smaller, respectively. The observations of these two organic species at SEST constitute the most distant detections ever made in any comet.
The sublimation of water, the main constituent of cometary ices, is responsible for cometary activity within 3-4 AU from the Sun. However, at larger distances, this process ceases, due to the low temperature of the nucleus. At the present large distance from the Sun, the CO molecule is now the prime source of activity of Hale-Bopp.
When Comet Hale-Bopp was approaching the Sun before perihelion passage in 1997, the long-term monitoring programmes - in the radio wavelength region as well as in other spectral domains - clearly showed the transition from a CO - to a water-dominated coma, at about the time the comet came within 3-4 AU from the Sun. The CO -production rate now measured at SEST at 6 AU on the outward leg is about 100 times less than that at perihelion, and close to the value measured at the same distance from the Sun before perihelion.
While CO was first detected in Hale-Bopp in September 1995 at 6.8 AU from the Sun, only a few weeks after the discovery, HCN and CH 3 OH were not detected until a few months later, when the comet had approached to within 4.8-4.9 AU. It is likely that the convincing detection of these two molecules in August 1998 benefitted from an outburst (a sudden release of material from the nucleus) on August 15-19.
Some other species were observed at SEST out to a distance of 3-4 AU (H 2 S, CS, H 2 CO), but they are no longer easily detectable due to low production rates and the SEST sensitivity limit.
New data may provide a "look into the nucleus"
Comet Hale-Bopp provided the first opportunity in modern times to follow the activity of a comet over a very large range of heliocentric distances. The new data trace the gas release in some detail as the temperature and insolation change when the comet moves along its orbit. They show similarities and differences between individual molecules that in turn contain useful information about the physical state of cometary ices in the nucleus and its internal structure.
Some of the current key questions in this research field are concerned with the degree of separation of different ices ("chemical differentiation") in the upper layers of the nucleus, the form under which these ices co-exist and, not least, the still not understood production mechanisms at large heliocentric distances. These new observations will provide very valuable support to the theoretical studies of the cometary nucleus, now being undertaken by several research groups around the world.
The new observations of molecular lines in the radio spectral region also provide information about the temperature in the coma, if several lines of the same species are observed. Moreover, they serve to measure the expansion velocity of the gas and the outgassing pattern of the nucleus.
For instance, the observations of CH 3 OH in August 1998 show that the coma is now very cold at about 16 K (-257 o C). At perihelion (0.9 AU from the Sun), the corresponding temperature was of the order of 110 K (-163 o C). The expansion velocity has also considerably decreased since perihelion, from 1.1 km/sec to 0.5 km/sec. There is also evidence of anisotropic outgassing : more gas is seen to be flowing out from the sunlit hemisphere of the nucleus.
Observations continue
The monitoring of Comet Hale-Bopp at the SEST telescope will continue, at least until March 1999. The comet will then be nearly 1,200 million km (7.9 AU) from the Sun.
Observations are also made from time to time with other telescopes at La Silla. As an example, eso9849c was obtained a few days ago with the Danish 1.5-m telescope. It shows that a very complex coma structure is still present.
Due to the large size of the nucleus, probably 40 - 60 km in diameter, it will be possible to observe this comet with large optical telescopes for many years to come.
Information about Hale-Bopp on the web
Additional information about Comet Hale-Bopp is available on the web at many sites. Some of the most comprehensive websites may be accessed via the ESO Hale-Bopp site.
[1] Other scientists involved in the long-term radio monitoring of Comet Hale-Bopp are Nicolas Biver (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii, USA), Pierre Colom, Jacques Crovisier, Eric Gérard, Benoit Germain, Emmanuel Lellouch (Observatoire de Paris, France), Didier Despois (Observatoire de Bordeaux, France), Gabriel Paubert (IRAM, Granada, Spain), Raphael Moreno, Joern E. Wink (IRAM, Grenoble, France), John K. Davies (JAC, Hawaii, USA), William R.F. Dent (Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, UK), Hans Rickman, Marcus Gunnarsson (Uppsala Astronomiska Observatorium, Sweden), Per Bergman, Lars E.B. Johansson (OSO, Sweden), Fredrik Rantakyroe (SEST, La Silla), Darek C. Lis, David Mehringer, Dominic Benford, Martin Gardner, Tom G. Phillips (CSO, USA), Heike Rauer (DLR, Berlin, Germany).
[2] The figure appears in N. Biver et al. : "Long-term Monitoring of the Outgassing of C/1995 O1 (Hale-Bopp) at Radio Wavelengths", a poster paper presented at the DPS meeting on October 11-16, 1998 (Madison, Wisconsin, USA) and to be published in Vol. 30 of the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society .
O komunikacie
Komunikat nr: | eso9849 |
Legacy ID: | PR 16/98 |
Nazwa: | Comet Hale-Bopp, Spectrum |
Typ: | Solar System Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Comet : Coma |
Facility: | Swedish–ESO Submillimetre Telescope |


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A documentary film, a comedy of errors by John Webster. First screening on CBC Newsworld in Feb. 2008
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Where the river Seregg ngyne begins,
that is where she who has seven braids started singing.
She who has seven braids and a crown of metal,
She is a bride of God.
Beyond three rivers people can hear
the tinkling of her sleigh bells.
The trimming of her bonnet is whiter than the first snow of winter.
-- From the film "A Bride Of The Seventh Heaven" by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio


text: Ash decides to join his mom and friends who are vacationing on Seafoam Island. While there, he searches out the programmer of the Pokedex to get information about the evolution of a Slowpoke. The mystery of how Slowpoke evolves into a Slowbro is surprisingly revealed when Team Rocket makes their usual bumbling interference.